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Trumpetist and composer Josef Leimberg released his debut album Astral Progressionsin the autumn of 2016. This powerful collection builds on the work of Leimberg on the Grammy Award-winning album To Pimp a Butterflyby the hugely popular rapper Kendrick Lamar. It features a blend of jazz fusion, world music, R&B and instrumentalist hip-hop, a sound we are familiar with from Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Robin Thicke and many others for whom Leimberg has written. A whole series of innovators and game-changers play on Astral Progressions, among them Kamasi Washington, Bilal, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Kurupt, Terrace Martin and Miguel Atwood Ferguson.

Leimberg blasts into a decidedly cosmic realm…It’s a trippy record, thick with reverb, echo, layers of voices and a free-floating spirit that celebrates sonic spontaneity – Los Angeles Times